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Saturday, September 06, 2014

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 7th – 13th)

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Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Blood Of My Blood
Barry Lyga
Series: Jasper Dent #3
Publication date: September 9th 2014
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Jazz Dent has been shot and left to die in New York City. His girlfriend Connie is in the clutches of Jazz’s serial killer father, Billy. And his best friend Howie is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazz’s own home in tiny Lobo’s Nod. Somehow, these three must rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy. But then Jazz crosses a line he’s never crossed before, and soon the entire country is wondering: “Like father, like son?” Who is the true monster?

The chase is on, and beyond Billy there lurks something much, much worse. Prepare to meet…the Crow King.


Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *




Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White [Purchase]
Boarded by Love (Bellevue Bullies #1) by Toni Aleo [Purchase]
Melt for Him (Fighting Fire #2) by Lauren Blakely [Purchase]
Falling into Place by Amy Zhang [Purchase]


The Witch With No Name (The Hollows #13) by Kim Harrison [Purchase]
Ignited (Most Wanted #3) by J. Kenner [Purchase]
Rites of Passage by Joy N. Hensley [Purchase]
Of Monsters and Madness by Jessica Verday [Purchase]


Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [Purchase]
All or Nothing (Love by Design #3) by Kendall Ryan [Purchase]
The Caller (Shadowfell #3) by Juliet Marillier [Purchase]
The Vampires of Manhattan (Vampires of Manhattan #1) by Melissa de la Cruz [Purchase]


City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett [Purchase]
Damaged Goods (The Outsider Chronicles #2) by Nicole Williams [Purchase]
Rock Addiction (Rock Kiss #1) by Nalini Singh [Purchase]
Winterkill by Kate A. Boorman [Purchase]


Kiss of Broken Glass by Madeleine Kuderick [Purchase]
Uncivilized by Sawyer Bennett [Purchase]
Virtue Falls (Virtue Falls #1) by Christina Dodd [Purchase]
Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudsen [Purchase]


Festive in Death (In Death #39) by J.D. Robb [Purchase]
Greetings from Sugartown (Sugartown #2.5) by Carmen Jenner [Purchase]
Worth the Fall (The McKinney Brothers #1) by Claudia Connor [Purchase]
Into the Fire by Ashelyn Drake [Purchase]


The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1) by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare [Purchase]
Red Blooded (Jessica McClain #4) by Amanda Carlson [Purchase]
Nightmares! by Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller [Purchase]
Nest by Esther Ehrlich [Purchase]


Paper Airplanes (Paper Aeroplanes #1) by Dawn O’Porter [Purchase]
Forest of Whispers by Jennifer Murgia [Purchase]
Spirit’s Key by Edith Cohn [Purchase]
The Twyning by Terence Blacker [Purchase]


Call Me Grim by Elizabeth Holloway [Purchase]
Found: A Mickey Bolitar (Mickey Bolitar #3) by Harlan Coben [Purchase]
Exo (Jumper #4) by Steven Gould [Purchase]
Monstrous Affections: An Anthology of Beastly Tales [Purchase]


Playing With Matches by Suri Rosen [Purchase]
California Dreamin’ Boxed Set by Melissa Pearl and Anna Cruise [Purchase]


What are you the MOST excited for this week?

 

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Review: Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Review: Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Posted by on 09/05/2014 • 6 Comments

What a crazy ride. I love thrillers, and while YA thrillers can be a lot of fun and even sometimes pretty creepy, it never lives up to what an adult book can dish out. This is your hardcore serial killer novel involving a mentally unstable psycho who thinks he’s doing the world a favor.

This story is told with the help of several perspectives: from the killer himself, to the detective trying to find him; to her daughter, along with a few other key players. Beukes tackles multiple POVs with excellence. Even though each character is widely different – we go from a homeless man to teenage girls – every single one has a distinct, realistic voice that makes it easy to slip into their psyche, in addition to…

Book Girls Don’t Gry… Or Follow a Million Ways

Book Girls Don’t Gry… Or Follow a Million Ways

Posted by on 09/04/2014 • 35 Comments

Book Girls Don’t Cry is a feature where we will discuss/vent/advise on a bookish topic. This feature is co-hosted with the lovely Amy at Book Loving Mom.

 

ALL of the Following Options!

When you stumble on a new blog you enjoy, how do you follow? Do you simply go to their social media links and follow there? Do you pick one or follow via all available options? I’ve noticed since the fall of Google Reader, blogs are really scattered when it comes to how you should/can follow them. Some use Networked Blogs, some use Linky Followers – which I tried and don’t really understand how to get updates from blogs I followed (though it’s been a while since) – and some still have GFC but, same with Linky, I…

Tour: The Art of Getting Stared at by Laura Langston

Tour: The Art of Getting Stared at by Laura Langston

Posted by on 09/03/2014 • 10 Comments

I am so excited to be able to take part in the blog tour for The Art of Getting Stared At by Laura Langston. This book had such an important message that I think needs to be shared with girls of ALL ages. The unifying theme of this tour is for each participant to share what we would tell our younger self about body image/confidence if we had the opportunity to go back in time and do so. I would love to be able to go back to myself in high school and get it into my teen self’s head that the opinion of the people around me isn’t going to matter in a few years and that I should just make sure I am happy with myself and not…

Characters We’d Love to Have Sitting At Our Lunch Table!

Characters We’d Love to Have Sitting At Our Lunch Table!

Posted by on 09/02/2014 • 16 Comments

Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish where we list top bookish things. Note that Giselle and Jenni often decide to split it and each do a Top 5.

Back to school in style!! Jenni

Bridget Jones from Bridget Jones’s Diary: This girl is a hot mess and I feel like she would provide hours and hours of endless entertainment.  I love her crass, sassy attitude! Georgia from the Confessions of Georgia Nicholson Series: Clearly I am going for funny in the beginning here because this is another girl that leaves me laughing my ass off! This series is so adorable and anyone looking for a good giggle should read it and ignore that horrible, horrible cover. Katniss from…

Review: Evidence of Things Not Seen by Lindsey Lane

Review: Evidence of Things Not Seen by Lindsey Lane

Posted by on 09/01/2014 • 11 Comments

What in the world…

This was really just a bunch of novellas about people either getting raped, beaten, or dying. POVs lasting for one chapter to never be visited again. It was weeeeird. Most stories/characters were not even related at all to the main storyline. Seriously! I don’t get it!

Let’s start at the beginning. A guy disappears, while learning a bit more about him we find out that he was convinced he could get to alternate dimensions, and we’re led to believe that that’s where he disappeared to. Everyone who knew him believes that as well, even the police question people about that as if they would actually be considering it. Okay, whatever. I can dig a sci-fi vibe in an otherwise contemporary novel. I loved Between the…

Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [August 31st]

Giselle’s Stacking the Shelves [August 31st]

Posted by on 08/31/2014 • 17 Comments

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books we got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week. Happy long weekend, everyone! I hope you’re enjoying it, and those who are going back to school – enjoy your last days of freedom >.< Did you stop by the blog this week? I talked about what books I seriously want to read but don’t even own yet on this week’s TTT! And Jenni blessed us with her face in a vlog where she talks about swearing in books, find it here if you missed it. Now let’s see what bookish goodies I got this week! 🙂

THIS WEEK’S BOOK HAUL:

I received for review:

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Fresh Batch (New Releases August 31st – September 6)

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 31st – September 6)

Posted by on 08/30/2014 • 11 Comments

Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Heir of Fire Sarah J. Maas Series: Throne of Glass #3 Publication date: September 2nd 2014by Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Goodreads Purchase

Lost and broken, Celaena Sardothien’s only thought is to avenge the savage death of her dearest friend: as the King of Adarlan’s Assassin, she is bound to serve this tyrant, but he will pay for what he did. Any hope Celaena has of destroying the king lies in answers to be found in Wendlyn. Sacrificing his future, Chaol, the Captain of the King’s Guard, has sent Celaena there to protect her, but her darkest demons lay in that same place. If…